SATISH SHARMA - not just Rotigraphy.: The danger resides in the mere act of thinking in this manner; a manner that belongs to the logic of gangs, not to the logic of states, one based on thuggery,

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Translated from Arabic

The danger of Trump's statements lies not merely in their content, nor in the brazenness they reached by openly hinting at bombing the Sultanate of Oman during an official meeting of his cabinet, but in what this reveals about the mindset governing decision-making at the very pinnacle of American power.

The danger resides in the mere act of thinking in this manner; a manner that belongs to the logic of gangs, not to the logic of states, one based on thuggery, the fabrication of chaos, and the sowing of fear in others for the purpose of blackmailing them and extracting concessions under the weight of threats, rather than negotiation through the tools of politics and international law.

American institutions know Omani policy well; successive generations of decision-makers in Washington have experienced it firsthand, and a complete trust in Oman's steady, balanced, and profound course has taken root among them—a course grounded in positive neutrality, quiet mediation, respect for state sovereignty, and distance from axes and polarizations. It is this very policy that has made Muscat, over decades, a reliable channel of communication between Washington and Tehran, and a platform for bridging viewpoints in the region's most complex dossiers, from the Iranian nuclear file to the war in Yemen.

Trump's resort to the language of threats of force against a state of this magnitude of prudence and credibility cannot be viewed as a mere slip of the tongue; rather, it is irrefutable evidence that the current American administration has come to deal with its historic partners using the same logic it employs with its adversaries: the logic of naked power.

A hollow logic that squanders whatever remains of Washington's moral capital in the region, and places everyone betting on partnership with it before a legitimate question about the viability of that wager when the ally becomes vulnerable to threats of bombardment simply for refusing to submit to reckless adventures.